Hawthorn District statistical profile from the 2001 Census

Population and housing statistics have been calculated by the Australian Bureau of Statistics based on the State electoral boundaries.

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Population and mobility

	Number	Per cent	Victoria
Total Persons	52,678	-	4,612,097
Persons who changed address between 1996 and 2001 (a)	23,444	49.1%	41.4%
(a) Percentage is given as a proportion of persons aged 5 years and over who stated their previous address.

Age

	Number	Per cent	Victoria
0-17	10,484	19.9%	24.7%
18-39	19,885	37.7%	32.2%
40-64	15,585	29.6%	30.4%
65+	6,724	12.8%	12.7%
Total	52,678	100.0%	100.0%
Median Age		34 years	35 years

Birthplace

	Number	Per cent	Victoria
Australia (a)	37,194	74.7%	75.3%
United Kingdom	2,338	4.7%
Other	10,252	20.6%
Born Overseas	12,590	25.3%	24.7%
Total (b)	49,784	100.0%	100.0%
(a) Does not include Australia External Territories. (b) Excludes persons who did not state their birthplace, inadequately described their birthplace or were born at sea.

Proficiency in English

	Number	Per cent	Victoria
Speaks English only	41,716	83.2%	79.0%
Speaks other language and speaks English:
Very well or well	7,286	14.5%	17.0%
Not well or not at all	1,149	2.3%	4.0%
Total (a)	50,151	100.0%	100.0%
(a) Excludes persons who did not state their language spoken at home and/or did not state their proficiency in English.

Weekly household income

	Number	Per cent	Victoria
$0 - $299 (a)	2,235	12.0%	13.3%
$300 - $699	3,677	19.7%	30.6%
$700 - $1499	5,312	28.5%	34.8%
$1500 or more	7,443	39.9%	21.2%
Total (b)	18,667	100.0%	100.0%
Median weekly household income		$1,123	$812
(a) Includes negative and nil income. (b) Excludes non-classifiable households and households where one or more persons did not state their income.

Housing

	Number	Per cent	Victoria
Owned/Being Purchased	12,982	63.0%	74.2%
Rented/Other	7,626	37.0%	25.8%
Total (a)	20,608	100.0%	100.0%
(a) Excludes households where the tenure type was not stated.

Internet use

	Number	Per cent	Victoria
No, did not use Internet	18,599	37.1%	59.6%
Yes, did use Internet, at home, work or elsewhere	31,558	62.9%	40.4%
Total (a)	50,157	100.0%	100.0%
(a) Excludes individuals who didn't state their use of Internet.

Labour force

	Number	Per cent	Victoria
Employed	27,458	95.2%	93.2%
Unemployed (2001 Census) (a)	1,395	4.8%	6.8%
Total (b)	28,853	100.0%	100.0%
In the labour force	28,853	68.3%	63.6%
Not in the labour force	13,403	31.7%	36.4%
Total (c)	42,256	100.0%	100.0%
(a) This figure is derived from the 2001 Census of Population and Housing and represents the unemployment rate as at Census day, 7 August, 2001. By contrast, the widely published monthly unemployment rate is derived from the Labour Force Survey which samples approximately 30,000 households across Australia. Due to sample variability, the Labour Force Survey does not provide unemployment estimates for relatively small areas such as State electorates; hence 5-yearly Census data is the only source which can be used for this purpose. (b) Excludes persons aged 0-14, persons not in the labour force and persons who did not state their labour force status. (c) Excludes persons aged 0-14 and persons who did not state their labour force status.

Occupation

	Number	Per cent	Victoria
Managers and administrators	3,564	13.2%	9.7%
Professionals	9,993	37.0%	19.6%
Associate professionals	3,552	13.2%	11.6%
Tradespersons and related workers	1,186	4.4%	12.5%
Clerical, sales and service workers	7,371	27.3%	30.0%
Production and transport workers	567	2.1%	8.3%
Labourers and related workers	761	2.8%	8.4%
Total (a)	26,994	100.0%	100.0%
(a) Employed persons excluding those who did not state their occupation.